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tiTjisurcr's accounts Mr. Lane, of ^^rassaclnisotts, Mr. Geer, of 

 Couiiccl iciil, aiwl Mr. Downing', of Oliio. 



]\lr. Tilcoinl): I wisli to o.xtciid to the members of the soci- 

 ety an in\itation to altcnd the Rhode Ishmd chim bake in con- 

 nect i(»n with l.licir \isit to Wood's Hole iie.xt year, and tlie wives 

 of th" society nieinbers are also invited to partake of this clam 

 Ijake. You ^\•i]l remem1)er very pleasantly the clam bake we had 

 in connection witli the last meetinii:. 



The President: I reniend)er it very well. I can hardlv wait 

 I'oi' next year. 



]\lr. Chirk: There was one lhin>i' in the report of the com- 

 niittee on |)lace that was left out. I beo- to have it put in. ^Ir. 

 Dickerson, through Mr. Ward, extended a cordial invitation to 

 this society to meet in Detroit in 1901. and he was very anxious 

 to makt' this request now, so that the members could be con- 

 sidering it. I understand that Mr. Dickerson offers to provide 

 a special mail train and special mail bags for each society, or 

 something like that, and take them all o\er the state. 



The President : Are there any further remarks on the paper 

 I'cad by Ml'. Stranahan last night? 

 {No remarks). 



j\rr. Titcomb then read a pajier bv 'Mr. Dwight Lydell on the 

 subject, "The Habits and Culture ol' the Black Bass."' 



Mr. Herbert D. Dean, of the United States Fish C\)nunis- 

 sion, Neosho. Missouri, then read a ])ai)er on the subject, "Dis- 

 coui'agcuu'iits in the ('ulture of Bla(l\ Bass.'' 



Ml'. Tilcouib: .M'ter ihc discussion on this pa]KM\ if there 

 is aii\'. there is a. verv short ])a|)cr simply asking (]Ueslions on 

 bass, if the audience ha\(' the |)atience 1 should like to see this 

 whole bass matter straightened out this morning, ilr. Clark 

 also has a paper from ^\\\ Laiukin. the lish culturist. in (Jeorgia. 



Mr. Chirl< I hell read a paper by Mr. J. B. Lainkin on l!u> 

 snl)ject, '"A Vvw Points on the Black Jiass for Discussion." 



]\[i'. Clark then I'cad a ]ia]H'r b\- ])r. dames A. Henshall on 

 the subject, '"b'ood and (lame Fishes of the Rocky ^lountain 

 Pesiion." 



